Memorial service for Donald Gene Stringer, age 81, of Lawton, Oklahoma, will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2021, at Cameron Baptist Church, 2621 SW C Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma, with Rev. Mike Teel officiating.  Mr. Stringer passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Donald Gene Stringer was born February 19, 1940, in Lamesa, Texas, to Thomas Franklin and Lillie Kate (Steelman) Stringer.  He attended Lamesa Public Schools and graduated from Lamesa High School, with the Class of 1958.  Before graduating, Donald began working at his father's company, Stringer Drilling.  On July 4, 1960, Mr. Stringer and the former Rita Kay Smith exchanged wedding vows in Lamesa, Texas.  They spent their married life in Lamesa, Texas; Tipton and Lawton, Oklahoma.

In 1971, Donald moved his family to Tipton, Oklahoma, to be closer to family.  He worked at Southwest Rural Electric Cooperative, and later he and his sons started their own business, Stringer Painting.  He retired in 2002.  Donald's favorite hobby was coyote hunting.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tipton.

Donald is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Rita Stringer of the home; three sons, Dale and his wife Victoria, Brad Stringer, and Chad Stringer, all of Lawton; six grandchildren, Cody Stringer and his wife Vanessa, Kristi Bourassa and her husband Danny, Justin Burk and his wife Cheryl, Trenna Hutchin and her husband Justin, Chase Stringer and Morgan Stringer; and nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son and daughter-in-law Gary Don and Christina Stringer and his brother Billy Ray Stringer.